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• Four weeks until I go on active duty. #
• @zerospry Perhaps. I think the French call this "Bastille Day" in reply to zerospry #

• Five weeks until active duty! #
• Google Calendar outage once again demonstrates why "cloud computing" is a failed concept. #
• @kevingorski In a sense. Over-reliance on a single service is very dangerous, especially when unexpected events occur. in reply to kevingorski #
• @zerospry It breaks my video card, so I feel your pain. in reply to zerospry #
• @zerospry Yeah, that's pretty to do. Mine's a kernel issue. in reply to zerospry #

If you, newspaper publishers, wouldn’t sell ad-space above your masthead in your print edition, why on earth would you do it on your website?

I’m looking at you, Washington Post and Economist.

• Waiting for Metro. Just saw the money train go by. Also, some girl just tried to give me her leftovers. Hooray, #DC !! #

• @zerospry I'm not sure there's much to be jealous about. I'm sure the tops/doors fell of years ago. in reply to zerospry #
• @zerospry I always thought missing parts were part of the Jeep ownership appeal. in reply to zerospry #

Nissan announced today that their first all-electric vehicle, the Leaf, will be priced around $25,000. While it’s certainly adorable and conceptually desirable, the Leaf, along with similar plug-in electrics, will continue to be an automotive failure.

Electric cars are best suited for urban environments, where slower speeds and short distances make optimal use of the car’s power system. However, the majority of residents in cities live in multi-family homes and apartment buildings without convenient access to charging stations. Suburbanites, who are much more likely to have access to power, simply place too much strain on the car’s energy system, discharging the battery much faster and likely before the end of the day.

Until the infrastructure is in place to allow city residents who park on the street to charge their cars, electric vehicles will never find a major place on the American roadway.

[From Nissan prices its first electric car, The Leaf, at roughly $25K - washingtonpost.com]

Update: The $25,000 figures includes a $7,500 tax credit. The car will sell for closer to $33,000 without the credit.

• The #hcr debate is a firestorm of hyperbole an fearmongering. Can't wait until this is all over and we can get back to more pressing issues. #
• C-SPAN presents: The Thrill of Politics #
• The House of Representatives sure puts on a good off-off-Broadway theatre. #
• The guy on C-SPAN taking phone calls must have infinite patience. He's a real American hero. #
• If I were a political wonk, I'd seize on an opportunity to criticize the POTUS for talking over servicemen: http://yfrog.com/0lw4gp #
• Forget #hcr this is the most valuable piece of last night's legislation: student loan reform. http://bit.ly/dx4FbI #
• Press releases aren't news. Please stop treating them as such. #
• Snuck in 5 miles before the rain. #
• @zerospry I can only listen to about 2 minutes of numbers station recs at time. Something about it makes me paranoid. Well, more paranoid. in reply to zerospry #
• Did my first PT today. Finished strong, but I'm quite sore. Know what I need to do to be #armystrong in 70 days. #
• PT + another 5k run today. In 68 days, I'll be ready for the @US_Army #
• Marketers, let me make this clear: I don't want 3-D TV. #
• Online publishers: when ad servers cause page loading errors, it's time to dump the ad provider. It's only costing you money. #

• The public schools must be outsourcing lunch to the private sector. #
• @zerospry The public schools must be outsourcing lunch to the private sector. in reply to zerospry #
• The spectrum reallocation in the @FCC National Broadband Plan sounds a lot like a government handout to a few telco interests. #BBplan #
• Beats the hell out of surfing dogs: http://bit.ly/aIRgdu #
• Logged 23 miles running for the week. All in all, not too bad. #
• And that's the sound of everyone's NCAA bracket exploding. #
• Seriously, NBC Washington? Your lead story is "kid loses puppy", not "body found in river" or "man beaten to death in park"? #